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We live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and we're continuing our coverage of what's going on in southern California.
It's more than the fires.
It's about the recovery at this point for many people, and that's going to take many, many varied in different forms, depending on your circumstance, and we're trying to make this happen. We're trying to get in touch with Supervisor Lindsay Horvath of the third District, trying to have her come on at the bottom of the hour.
She's in a car right now, having.
Some cell phone difficulties, you know, with the wind that's going on and also being in a car, cell phone coverage is probably spotty at best, but we hope to have her on at the bottom of the hour. Chris Woolsey, you remember him from Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. He's back on the show. He's going to join us in the studio tonight. He has a new gig, he has new titles to tell us about, and we want to catch up with him and see what's going on
with him. Of course, in just a moment, I want to play you some of the audio from the presser this morning, and you can probably gather from the comments, especially from Robert Luna and also LAPD Chief Jim McDonald,
and obviously you've heard Nathan Hockman yesterday. They are really stepping up the enforcement of the curfew, making sure that no one who has no business being in these evacuated zones are going to remain there, and they're trying to remind you and also warn you that you will be arrested and that PABLIO'KEEINNI will also join us over the
course of the show tonight. What's Up with Nick is back and Nick will be back with us in studio, but with no further ado, let's get into some of this press conference earlier today.
Here is Sheriff Luna.
Our Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department personnel deployment stands at approximately one thousand, three hundred this morning.
And again, remember we are working.
Different incidences throughout the county, primarily the Palisades fire for the county portion of it, and then the eat and fire as well. Many of our deputies haven't had days off. They're on twelve hour shifts, so I really appreciate all their work and their time away from their family. We have approximately two hundred and thirty four officers from the California Highway Patrol Seandaree, the commissioner of the CHP was kind enough to give us more bodies as of yesterday.
We also are being assisted by sixteen agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, and they're not working narcotics. They are here assisting us and we're getting calls from a lot of our law enforcement partners, so we're very grateful that they're here to assist us. We have well over six hundred National Guards personnel that are deployed to not only the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department areas of responsibility, but the Los Angeles Police Department, Pasadena, Santa Monica.
And other places as well.
Evacuation orders, we have approximate eighty eight thousand residents that are still under evacuation orders, and regarding evacuation warnings, we have approximately eighty four thousand, eight hundred residents that continue to be under warnings.
There is a decrease in these.
Numbers, but as our fire partners have stated, it is still very dangerous. For the next twenty four hours so we're keeping a very close eye, and that's why we have not downgraded the number of personnel. If fire tells us you've got to go here because the wind's blown this way and we need to do evacuations, that's where
we are going. I just want to remind everybody that the last time we had to evacuate people under in order, our deputies very heroically saved many people's lives and they had to rescue people, and a lot of the people that were rescuing who waited till the last minute to leave the order or the evacuation order, many of them had significant burns on them. I just want to reiterate that when we're giving you warnings, that's the time you
should probably think about going. Actually we recommend you go. Don't wait till the order is given. We don't want you to impact your own life or the life of your loved ones. Repopulation conversations are absolutely active and ongoing. I don't want to get too much into that. I don't want people to start thinking everything's okay. Now everything's not okay yet. We'll get there, we'll get there together. But again, the winds blowing and it's going to continue
to blow. Curfew is still in effect. It was an effect last night. It's going to be an effect tonight again, starting at six pm all the way to six am. This is for the impacted evacuation order areas. If you do not live there, have any business there. Said say this every day, don't go. Why am I repeating it because we continue to make arrest for this violation. I don't want to make more arrest, so please stay away
from there. We understand that our residents want to go back to their homes, but this is a disaster area.
Chief Maroney mentioned it.
As soon as it is rendered safe, we will try and prioritize getting you back home. We understand that is important. Regarding arrest, we had a few more arrests overnight.
Our total.
When I give totals, this is for the Ali County Sheriff's Department area only and doesn't count LAPD, Pasadene and other agencies.
We are up to thirty nine.
That's thirty three in the Eating Fire area and six in the Palisades area arrest Eaten. We have nine curfew arrest and two for drone incidences. Please do not fly drones in these impacted areas. And eleven were for burglary in that Eaton area. For Palisades, we have six arrest, three for curfew and three for burglary. Last night's total arrest one arrest for curfew violation and carrying a loaded weapon.
If again, I'm repeating this and it keeps on happening, if you are carrying narcotics and a gun, you shouldn't do it anyways.
You shouldn't absolutely go into.
These evacuation order areas where there's a curfew with those items because you are likely going to get arrested by our deputies. They're being very proactive and you're going to get arrested blue collar versus white collar crimes.
You've heard it over and over.
We're not just looking for burglars and looters committing crimes on the street, but we're also focused on anybody who's involved in any kind of scam, whether you're asking for donations for pets or whatever you think you're doing to make money off of the poor people who've been involved.
We're telling you don't do it. If you think you're a.
Victim of this, notify us immediately. Moving on search and rescue operations based on our grid searches. This is information that when we concluded last night with our search and rescue teams, we have searched approximately three thousand, six hundred and fifty four properties in the Altadena area thus far. Yesterday we searched one eight hundred properties in Eton, and we also have been working with teams that are coming in to work on the palisides to begin searching for remains as well.
So this operation continues.
It's active, not easy work, and the good news was that no other remains were found yesterday. Hopefully that happens again today. We don't want the death toll to continue to go up. So the death toll stands at twenty one for the sheriff's areas, does not include lapd or Pasadena. That is a total of sixteen and Eaton and five in the Palisades. We are actively working twenty four missing person cases, eighteen in the Eaton area, six in the
Malibu area, all adults. As I conclude, to get any updated information, Lacounty dot gov for emergencies, that is updating on evacuation orders, evacuation warnings, road closures, and for all of our community members who desperately want to get back into their houses as we back off of orders in the warnings. Look at that website that'll give you the most updated information and donations. Emergency Network Los Angeles. I continue to be absolutely amazed with our community, all the positives.
They want to donate, they want to help. That's where you go.
We'll have more from the press conference earlier today, and also we'll tell you about four lawsuits already which have been filed against Southern California Edison over the Eton fire. Now we're moving to a different stage of all this. Now it's about assessment of blame. Now it's about who is responsible, and we'll get into that in just a moment.
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And I wanted to remind you we had a very thorough conversation last night with Cynthia Mitchell Hurd, who's president and CEO at the Los Angeles Urban League, and all this week. It's just Tuesday, but it's running all this week through Friday, nine am to nine pm. Los Angeles Urban League, in partnership with New Revelation Church, they're presently hosting a week long help center to provide relief for
the victims of the Eton fire in Altadena. They have all sorts of supplies, blankets, water, hygiene products and more. And it's taking place at New Revelation Baptist Church which is eight five five North Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena. You may be in your car right now, you may be in the area. It's not too late. You can get there tonight before nine pm. Again, it's that New Revelation Baptist Church which is eight five to five North
Orange Grove Boulevard in Pastadata. And also want to let you know something else which is kind of running parallel to it. Four new lawsuits have been filed against see Southern California Edison over that very same Eaten fire, and they were filed, interestingly enough, yesterday, and they accused Southern
California Edison of sparking the fire. And lawyers for the homeowners in the Altadena area announced the suits yesterday late yesterday, saying their clients either had to evacuate their houses or lost their homes entirely in the fire. And each of the suits blames Southern California Edison because the fire started
under a Southern California Edison transmission tower. An official cause has not yet been determined, but from what I've seen, there may be some video evidence to corroborate that quote. We believe that the Eton fire was ignited because of see's failure to de energize its overhead wires which traverse Eaton Canyon. That's according to attorney Richard Bridgford, who is
representing one of the homeowners. And there were two other suits filed as well, one representing a FedEx worker who lost their Altadena home and a second representing multiple Altadena homeowners, and their claim are very similar. I suspect at some point the if these actually get to court, they'll be just blended together in a massive class action lawsuit, as we've seen with like PG and and other companies similar circumstances. But you know, we're in a new phase now as
we move through this. It's not just about those who are being evacuated those who have lost their homes. And I'm not trying to minimize it or diminish it because people are still under the threat of losing their homes. I'm saying that now the next step has begun as far as people trying to restore their lives and that's going to take many forms along the way. Let's get back to the press conference earlier today and this is la excuse me, la FD chief for the City Crowley.
Mayor Baths and I recently conducted an aerial survey of the impacted areas. Our focus was on evaluating the size, the scope, and the complexity of these fires to gain a full understanding of its total impact on our communities. This assessment was essential as we begin planning and prioritizing resources and support needed to make sure that we can facilitate in the recovery efforts here and now. Our goal is to address both the immediate challenges and the long
term needs of those infected by these devastating events. Yesterday, I also had the opportunity to meet with our international partners from Mexico to express our heartfelt gratitude for their assistance. The outpour and of support from both near and far, I tell you, is absolutely remarkable. I also had the opportunity just to take a moment to talk with people, and I cannot tell you how many times everybody has been asking out our firefighters and our first responders, and
they're asking how are they holding up? I visited our field resources, the Emergency Operations Center, our Department Operations Center, and I tell you our firefighters and first responders are standing strong, they hold their heads up high, and they will continue to work hard for you. Thank you for your care and concern, and I tell you our thoughts and prayers holistically are with everybody that has been impacted by these fires. I will now provide just a brief
update on the Palisades Fire. This fire is now at twenty three thousand, seven hundred and thirteen acres with seventeen percent containment. With five thousand, two hundred personnel that are assigned to the incident. Firefighters will continue to work tirelessly throughout the day to increase containment lines, prevent further spread, and address any flare up. The Hearst fire seven and
ninety nine acres at ninety seven percent contained. Now, to all of those who have lost so much and to those who still have not returned to your homes, know that everybody involved in this incident in the Los Angeles
region is focused on you. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the community that has given so much back to those impacted, as well as to our LAFD, and thank you to the LFD Foundation that provides vital equipment and funds critical They fund critical programs, tools and equipment to help the LFD save lives and protect property. You heard Chief Maroni say it already, but I think it's very, very important that I reiterate these points life
threatening and destructive and widespread winds already here. For this significant wind event, we are taking an aggressive, lean forward posture and the LFDA staffed all available resources, strategically placing fire patrols and engines in the unimpacted high fire risk areas in the city. We are carefully managing our operations to ensure that we can quickly respond to any new fires. In addition to the increased call volume across the city of Los Angeles. I urge and everybody here urges you
to remain alert as danger has not yet passed. Please follow all evacuation warnings and orders without delay and prioritize your safety.
We just got off the phone with Supervisor Lindsay Horvath, so we were able to get her to drive hopefully in a better signal area. So when we come back, we will have La County Board of Supervisor representing District three, Lindsay Horvath, to join us and give us the latest not only what's happening on the ground, but also what's happening on a municipal level far as what's happening with the La County Board of Supervisors. That's next. I'm O Kelly,
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Mo Kelly here as we continue our coverage of the fires all across southern California. And joining me now is a regular guest on the show, Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, who's the supervisor for the third District in La County. Supervisor Horrorvat, thank you for coming back on this evening.
Thank you for having me.
Let me just get out of the way, because it seems like, unfortunately, a new fire, a new emergency every single day, and even though we may be getting our arms around some of these fires, it seems like a new one pops up, or we're having an issue with crime.
Well, how would you assess where we are right now?
So I know that people are tired. Our spirits are weary, but we will not break. The people who are on the front lines of this fire are nothing short of extraordinary. I can assure you we have the best, brightest, finest, strongest team, most sophisticated response to these fires that you could ask for. We have people who are relentless in their commitment to ensuring that we keep people safe and do all that we can to protect our community and
our property. And I know that their families are also supporting them and we want to see them come home safe. So we've got their backs in this moment, which is why we're encouraging everyone to adhere to the evacuation orders. The sooner we get people out of these areas while they're fighting the fires, the better chance they have to focus on the fire and not worrying about protecting your safety.
I know that there are overlapping agencies which are handling this situation, from LA Fire Department City to LA County Fire Department. You have Mayor Bass who's been highly criticized for what she has or has not done, and you have the LA County Board of Supervisors working with the law Archer County. For those who don't understand some of these differences. What is it that mayor Bass has to do relative to what you and other border supervisors need to do in this emergency.
So some of it is.
In the areas where La City responds, LA City Fire, La City, La A Police Department. So in the Palisades area that's part of the incorporated City of Los Angeles, those entities respond for some of those emergency calls. LADWP is the utility lead for electricity for water supply in the county areas, both unincorporated areas like Sunset, Mesa and Topanga, as well as some of these smaller incorporated cities like Malibu, Agora Hills. These areas rely on County Fire, County sheriffs.
They also rely in many cases on County public Works for water supply. They work with Southern California Edison for the electric electricity so or with Clean Power Alliance, which is the new CCA, And so we work with different entities on the county side on some of these efforts. Now there's overlap in that the county is also the
social safety net for the entire region. So things like supportive services, mental health, Department of Public Health Services, people needing new relfilled prescriptions, you know, the registrar recorder for some of those critical documents. All of that is county service and that is provided to people all throughout Los Angeles County. And of course every resident of the City of Los Angeles is also a resident of the County
of Los Angeles. So in my office, when people call and ask for something that's technically a municipal issue and a city should respond, we work with the city partners to make sure they get the help they need because there's nothing more frustrating than calling and speaking to somebody and saying and hearing that's not what we do.
We can't do that.
We have to direct people to make sure they understand who's there to help.
In the past there so, I've heard very pointed remarks from La County District Attorney Nathan Hakman, La County Sheriff Robert Luna, and also LAPD Chief Jim McDonald about how they're going to handle looters or it it would be criminals. My question is, are we seeing an actual uptick in crime or we're just seeing law enforcement doing what it's always been doing.
Well, what we are seeing is, unfortunately, people taking advantage of these already devastating circumstances, and what we know is that the response is swift, it is fierce, and they did not come to play. They are making sure that people are held accountable. At this time of crisis. The last thing people need to be worried about is being victimized all over again. And I've heard people say, you see this devastation, what could possibly be left?
Well, I've seen people come.
I've seen stories where people have come by and found the smallest of remnants that it was meaningful to them.
I've heard of engagement rings that have been found.
There are even the smallest of things in the rubble that is left. People have the right to come back and go through their belongings without anyone going through them and picking through them and trying to take advantage of this crisis. We also know that there are businesses and corporations that are trying to take advantage. We've heard of price gouging on rent, We've heard price gouging on services, and the Attorney General and the district Attorney are having
none of that either. So everybody who is impacted by this crisis, we are working to protect them from being further disadvantaged. And further preyed upon, and we are here to help you.
There are different levels to this.
I mentioned that there's a city and county component, but there's also a state and federal opponent.
We all read the headlines.
We know that there is some concern about what will happen when President elect Trump becomes President Trump. How confident should we be as Californians. The Governor Gavin Newsom can be the governor we need in this moment, and the president, President Trump at that point next week will be the president. We need to make sure the Californians and Southern Californians get the aid that.
They need in this moment.
What we need our leaders focused on the safety, the security and compassion for those who are most impacted by these fires. We can't play politics at a time when it comes to people's safety, period, and in this moment, we have to prioritize ensuring that everyone who has been devastated by this incredible disaster gets the help that they need, and we also need that from all of our political leaders.
We have political alignment now, and I hope that as.
Things change that we continue that focus on safety and resources and making sure that people are protected.
My guest right now on the line is La County Supervisor Lindsay Horvath, who represents the third District Supervisor. Horvath, I know you're in the car, and I know a cell phone. The connection will be tenuous, but if you can hold on, I would love to get a few more minutes and a few more questions in with you if you could hold on. So we're going to try and see if we can keep you on the line during the break and then pick up our conversation on the other side.
I'm Mo Kelly.
We're continuing our coverage of the fires all over southern California and also the response from our civic leaders.
You're listening to later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty.
Where will Rogers State Beach here and this parking lot here behind me. We're not going to show it to you because it's kind of dark, but this is basically a giant parking lot of fire engines. They're from all over the place, from all over the West, Washington State, Oregon State, Oregon, Arizona, Utah, you name it.
They are here and they are ready.
We've got with in the forecast gusts of up to seventy five miles an hour, and they're in the forecast until tomorrow at noon. And the fear is that you could have this whole thing reignite areas that are smoldering here from the Palisades fire, and then you could end up with a very, very big flare up here. Now over the weekend, what firefighters did when this fire was making a move towards Mandeville Canyon and the San Fernando Valley,
firefighters relied on aircraft. They brought in air tankers and helicopters. They kept on bombing the flames with water and fire retardant, and that effort paid off.
They protected a lot of homes.
Fire officials are hoping to rely on aircraft again today if this fire flares up, but in a worst case scenario, if it's just too.
Windy, they won't be able to do that.
When the winds get really fierce, they have to ground the helicopters in the planes, it's.
Just not safe to fly them.
County Fire Chief Anthony Moroni says, it's just a question of how severe this latest Santa Ana wind event turns out to be.
K f I AM six forty. It's bo Kelly. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. I'm having a conversation with Lindsay Horvath, who is La County Supervisor for the third District, and we've been trying to keep her on the line because of the wind. It's been blowing, it's been howling, and she's in a car on a cell phone. It keeps dropping on to see if we can keep
this conversation going just as long as we can. But Supervisor horror Bath, speaking of the wind, I can hear the wind outside my studio right now starting to pick up.
We know that tonight is going to be a major wind event.
You've probably told people already, but let's tell them again what they should remember what they need to do, be it masking up or making sure that their residence, if it's still standing, is ready for this.
So most importantly, you can follow emergency dot La County dot gov for all emergency evacuation warnings and orders.
You'll get those alerts on.
Your phone and you can match them up on our website if you have any questions, and following those evacuation warnings and orders are critical. The second piece is if you are outside in any of these impacted areas, wearing a ninety five masks to address the particulates that are in the air. We know that they're very difficult conditions out here. The air quality is bad and while it might start to improve, we also know what these fires potentially expanding that could change as well. So don't go
outside if you don't have to. If you're in any of these areas, wear a mask. Limit your outdoor exercise and activities.
Just you know where.
We have a couple more days to get through, and we want to make sure that people are staying healthy and staying safe.
If you're just to me in My guest right now is Lindsay Horvath, who's La County Supervisor for the third District. Supervisor Hororath, I just have a couple more questions before I let you go. Let's talk about some of the good news. I have an outpouring of support from the community of Californian's helping Californians, something I've never seen before. And that's just my limited view. You were there on the ground, what have you noticed?
But what I have seen is an outpouring of support, even from people who have been impacted. I've received phone calls from people who have lost everything who have said we're here to help support and be lines of communication to our neighborhood. We know people have a lot of
questions and we want to help get the answers. It has been extraordinary the outpouring of support for our frontline workers, you know, food being delivered to fire departments and to the command post, so much so that we've had to reroute all of those donations because there was so much coming in. If we're going to get through this, we need to focus on the charity.
That people are bringing forward, the.
Compassion, the community that is coming forward to support people in this difficult time. And I believe that we have the capacity to do that, and I think it's critical to our rebuild efforts.
Supervisor Horrorvath, just a little bit of levity. We know that the La Rams had to move their game to Arizona, and the Lakers and Clippers play their games in La slash Inglewood last night. And I know you're a big sports fan, and I also know that you're in a lum of Notre Dame, and Notre Dame is in a national championship coming up against Ohio State. So let me just ask you before I let you go. Are you nervous for the football game against Ohio State?
What do I have to be nervous about? The Lord is on our side.
There you have it. She is Lindsey Horvath. At least we got to end on a lighter note. She is Lindsay Horvath, La County Supervisor for the third District. She's obviously very busy, so we're gonna let her go. Thank you, Supervisor, Horbeth were always making time for us and the show, and we'll talk to you again soon. It's Mo Kelly caf I AM six forty. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
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